Folding ironing table



Oct. 13, 1936.

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Patented 13, 1936 UNITED, STATES mm orr'io 2,057,108 I rohnnso moms and Kemuel B. Oiande'r, eapolia,

Application June 20, 1984, Serial "No. raiser Renewed January 10, 1936 '6 Claims. (oi. se m) in spread when the table is opened in order to provide a broader base for supporting the board and which are brought closer together when the table is folded wherebythe legs are caused to lie within the margins of the board.

it; I The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

20 In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention,-

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the ironing table in set-up or unfolded condition. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view. Fig. 3 is an enlarged 25 fragmentary view on the line 3-8 of 1 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view on the line t--4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5-is a. fragmentary view in longitudinal section on the linei-S of Figs 3 and 4. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the table in 30 unfolded position. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the table in folded position. Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view on the-line 8-8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 2. s 35 As shown in the drawings, I provide an ironing board ID to the underside of which near its rear end is secured a cleat or transverse strip l2. As best shown in Fig. 2. this cleat is beveled or thinned down from its middle toward both ends. 19 As will be apparent from Figs. 6, -'7 and 8 each beveled portion of .the cleat l2 carries similar bearing members l4 and I8 secured thereto by rivets l8 which also serve to secure the cleat to the board l0. Eachset of bearing members l6 5 and I6 rotatably holds rods 20 respectively. These rods at their outer ends as shown in Figs. 2 and 'l are bent twice at right angles to form portions 22 which are riveted to the upper ends of rear legs 24. The rods 20 at their inner ends are bent at so an acute angle to form brace members 26 which at their lower ends are bent to form portions 28 which are substantially parallel with the body portions of the rods 20. The portions 28- not only pass through intermediate points of the legs 24, it but also through the lower ends of brace bars 3.0

and through the upper ends of tension rods 32, the rods 32 being inside of the, legs 24 and the bars 30 being inside of the rods 32. The portions 2%! therefore constitute pivot members on which the lower ends of the brace bars 36 and the upper ends of, the tension rods 32 are adapted to turn for the folding and unfolding operations.

The tension rods 32 are as shown in the form of a bifurcated or v shaped member the apex or lower end of which is slightly flattened and pivotally attached to the lower end of a third leg 34 whose upper end is pivotally attached by a pivot 35 to a bifurcated bracket 35, the rear portions of the bifurcations being connected by an inclined member 3d with which the beveled end of the leg 34 engages as shown in Fig. 5 when the table is in unfolded condition. ,The bracket 36 is secured to the underside of the board It substantially centrally thereof by rivets dd. The upper ends of the brace bars 353 are brofight rather close together and Joined by a slide :32 to which they are pivotally attached by pivots d3. As-best shown in Fig. 3, the slide 42 has a fiat portion adapted to slide in a slideway 44 secured by screws 48 to the underside of the forward portion of the board It. The slide 42 carries a leaf spring' ia best shown in Figs. 3 and 5 which is provided with a projection 50 adapted to snap into a hole 52 in the rear portion of the slideway 44 when the table is placedvin unfolded position. .The brace bars are con- 30 nectedby a flexible element 54 which when the table is in foldedcondition comes underneath the I third leg 34 as shown in Fig. 7.

The-operationand advantages of my invention will be readily understood in connection with the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings. When it is desired to set up the table from its folded condition shown in Fig. 7, the leg 34 is grasped and turned on its pivot which is carried by the bracket 36. The leg 34 engages the flexible element 54 to overcome the dead center of the brace .bars 30 so that the lower ends of these bars turn on the pivot members 28. The upper ends of the tension rods 32 will also turn on these pivots. During this movement, the slide 42 is 5 brought rearwardly in the slideway 44 and when w the table reaches its completely unfolded position, the projection snaps into the hole 52 so that the movable members are held rigidly in position. At the same time, the lower ends of 50 the two legs 24 are spread from the position shownin Fig. 7 into that shown in Figs. 2 and 6; This spreadingaction is caused by the inclined position of the rods v26 relatively to the plane of the board l0. Since the legs 24 are secured to the 55 rods at right angles thereto, it is obvious that they must swing in planes inclined to the board III with the result that the lower ends of the legs are gradually spread as the device is opened up from the position of Fig. 7 into that shown in Figs. 3 and 6. when it is desired to fold the table, the projection 50 is released from the hole I! and the leg 34 pushed in reverse direction. By referring to Fig. '1, it will be understood that when the brace bars 30 which are provided with the pivots 28 to swing away from the board.

I- claim: r I

1. A folding ironing table comprising a board, a pair of rods rotatably mounted on the underside of said board near one end-thereof, said rods 7 respectively being inclined downwardly from positions adjacent the side edges of; said board toward a position beneath the median line of the board, a pair of legs secured at their upper ends to the outer ends respectively of said rods at right angles to the latter, the inner ends of said rods being bent downwardly and outwardly and attached to intermediate points of said legs to form pivots, a third leg pivotally attached to the underside of said board, and connections between said leg and said pivots which cause all of the legs to fold and unfold in unison.

2. A folding ironing table comprising a board, a cleat beveled from its middle toward its ends secured transversely to the underside of said board near one 'end thereof, bearings secured to the beveled surfaces of said cleat, rods rotatably mounted in said bearings parallel to said beveled surfaces, 9, pair of legs secured at their upper ends to the outer ends respectively of said rods at right angles to the latter, the inner ends of said rods being bent downwardly and outwardly and attached to intermediate points of said legs to form pivots, a third leg pivotally attached to the underside of said-board, and connections between said leg and said pivots which cause all of the legs to fold and unfold in unison.

3. A folding ironing table comprising a board, bearings mounted on the underside of said board near one end thereof and disposed on opposite sides of the median line of the board, rods rotatably mounted in said bearings respectively and inclined upwardly toward the respective side edges of said board, a pair of legs secured at their upper ends to the outer ends respectively of said rodsat right angles to the latter, the inner ends of said rods being bent downwardly and outwardly and attached to intermediate points of said legs, a third leg pivotally attached to the underside of said board, and connections between said leg and said legs which cause all of the legs to fold and unfold in unison.

4. A folding ironing table comprising a board, a pair of legs pivotally attached at their upper ends to the underside of said board near one end thereof, a third leg pivotally attached to the underside of said board, mechanical connections between said third leg and said pair of legs for causing them to fold and unfold in .unison, brace bars pivotally attached at one end to said pair of legs respectively, means slidably connecting the other end of said bars to said board, and a flexible element connecting said brace bars in such position as to be engaged by said third leg to overcome the dead center of said brace bars I when the unfolding operation is started.

5. A folding ironing table comprising a board, a pair of legs pivotally attached at their upper ends to the underside of said board near one end thereof by individual pivots set at inclined angles with the plane of said board respectively whereby each of said pivots is inclined away from the surface of said board toward the medial line of the latter, a member held in slidable engagement with said board, a pair of brace bars attached at their upper ends by pivots axially parallel with said leg pivots respectively to said slidable members, and having their lower ends pivotally attached to said pair of legs at intermediate points thereon, a third leg pivotally attached to the underside of said board, and mechanical. connections between said third leg and said pair of legs for causing all of said legs to fold and unfold in unison.

6. A folding ironing table comprising a board, a pair of legs pivotally attached at their upper ends to the-underside of said board, a third leg pivotally attached to the underside of said board,

mechanical connections between said third leg and said pair of legs for causing them to fold and unfold in unison, brace bars pivotally attached at one end to said pair of legs respectively, 

